debt vs equity
Definitions
noun
- an obligation to pay or do something
- the state of owing something (especially money)
- money or goods or services owed by one person to another
Examples
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A donkey can avoid bad debts in a climate of strong economic growth, and negative real interest rates.
After the Asian financial crisis of 1997 and 1998, the IMF proposed an institutionalized default program, which it called the sovereign debt restructuring mechanism.
Definitions
noun
- the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
- the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
- conformity with rules or standards
Examples
Book value can increase as a result of mergers, and it can go up if a company has just sold a lot of new equity.
But I do know there is a greater prospect he will seek a bit of equity in the distribution of investment and development of infrastructure than the present triumvirate.
Thin capitalisation - offshore jurisdictions tend not to impose \ "thin capitalisation\" rules on companies (except for regulated entities such as banks and insurance companies), allowing them to be formed with a purely nominal equity investment.
